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The trouble with putting armor on is that, while it protects you from pain, it also protects you from pleasure.
I started modeling, doing the Sears catalog kind of thing, then did a lot of commercials when I was growing up.
If you're doing something that's period, you've got to live in it, and you've got to make it resonate with you.
Teachers didn't like me very much. They thought I was just this punk kid and they always wanted to kick me out.
I mean, Jane Wyman did a lot of silly parts for years and then all of a sudden went serious and was tremendous.
I love a band that has a banjo, that does group harmonies and yells out the word 'Hey' or 'Woo.' I live for it.
Right now, I'm known for making movies. And I wonder if that's it. I don't know. It doesn't feel like it to me.
I think people come into our lives for a reason, and we can learn from them, and they have lessons to teach us.
You don't get there the easy way. If you feel sorry for yourself, and you let yourself go down, you will drown.
I'm such a big fan of Woody Allen. I once tried staying at the same hotel as him, hoping I would bump into him!
I thought it was ridiculous that I was being paid less than a cameraman, and I wanted to shame them. And I did.
You don't really think about [career] much, because in a way it seems like another time and a different person.
I had promised my husband never to accept another engagement. It was hard. It was not a very happy time for me.
I'm friends with Elizabeth Banks - she's a great actress but not actressy at all. She's very cool. I adore her.
I get cast a lot of times in movies with nice people for some reason - because I have a nice face or something.
I'm very proud of my sisters and everything they've accomplished and done. I'm very proud of where I came from.
I changed jobs like I changed shirts. It was something I just like to do - I like trying my hand at everything.
I like ambiguity. I think it's so much more interesting to play than an overtly good or an overtly evil person.
Somebody could take a picture of me from across the room, and I would feel like I wanted to rip their face off.
I always think I would like to have a partner in life, and I would - if I could find the right person, I think.
Beauty can make you powerful in a way that isn't good for you. Being OK is better for the person I have become.
I'm not an actor because I want my picture taken. I'm an actor because I want to be part of the human exchange.
Children know so little, they must learn quickly to imitate grown-ups whenever they feel unsure in a situation.
I'm one of these people that if I have a nice holiday - like I have had in Turkey repeatedly - I go back a lot.
I was watching 'Pulp Fiction' when we were making 'Now and Then'. I didn't care about 'Now and Then,' you know?
Telenovelas have been part of my world since childhood, I always felt like I had to be something that I wasn't.
One time I had too many Heinekens and I googled myself and realized that that was a very, very bad combination.
I think the noblest thing you can do is ask for help. And I mean that about therapy. I mean that about dieting.
My dad would take me deer hunting with him, which was pretty traumatic - 'Bambi' was one of my favorite movies.
I think the first couple of times you do make-out scenes, you psych yourself out and it's really nerve racking.
For me, I always wonder what's worse: an emotional betrayal or a physical betrayal? That's a really tough call.
It took me a long time to be accepted as an actress, I think, because of the modeling and because of my mother.
I definitely know that I'm quirky. I know that I'm different. Red hair definitely made me different growing up.
If everyone had a business model like Raven + Lily, I feel like the world would be an awesome place to live in.
One of the reasons that I do a lot of different kinds of pictures is because I learn a lot when I'm doing them.
Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying. I've never been happier.
My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything - even if you have no clue what you're doing.
I get recognised sometimes. But I just live my life. I get on the bus, I get on the subway, it's not a problem.
When I'm filming, I live out of a suitcase, so everything is thrown everywhere. In real life, I'm a bit tidier.
You don't read many scripts, especially for crime dramas, that feature a strong woman as the central character.
Women now have to put so much attention into their careers, and not many families can pull off a single income.
A lot of my life happened in great, wonderful bursts of good fortune, and then I would race to be worthy of it.
How dare one act like a diva when you have a lot of work to do and you need to find your disciplines and so on?
Over the years, the kind of fan mail I've gotten from men has always been different from what I get from women.
I am legitimately Scottish. I can officially say — yes. Yeah, I am from Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland.
Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women know otherwise.
I think my mission is to become the greatest human I can. I know that sounds pompous, but what else do we have?
I am not premeditated in what I am going to say. That means there will be times I regret saying certain things.
I don't want to be seen in every second film. I don't want the audience to say, 'Oh no, she's in this one too.'
I know stealing a foot is weird. But, hello, living in a house where a foot is available to be stolen is weird.